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March 15, 19.38. R. B. BENNETT 2,111,332

CONTAINER Filed March 25, 1957 iff..

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Patented Mer. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Application March 25, 1937, Serial No. 133,013

3 Claims.

l'ho preeent invention relates to containers and more particularly to a construction and arrange ment of ports whereby the contents of a. con telnor may be conveniently indicated.

One object of the invention is to provide an crrengement for indicating the contents of the container in which one of a plurality of articles to be packed in the container is secured with respect to c. container wall so that the article Tony he readily viewed but will not become displaced from its indcotlng position.

A. more specific object is to provide an arrvr ement in e container whereby a. flanged cloture element such a. friction bottle cap may be retained withdts flange engaged between two overlapping container wall sections while its indicia bearing surface is exposed on the exterior ci the container.

lin the drawing:

1 is o, perspective view' of a. portion of a paperboard container, illustrating a flanged closure element held in place therein in an indicating position;

Fig. 2 is o Irogmeutary sectional view illustrating the manner of retaining the anged ciosore element between two overlapping container woll sections; and

Fig. 3 is o. fragmentary plan View of the conminer bloeit.

lin packaging flanged closizlre elements such as bottle cops ,and jar covers which beer on their upper surface certain indicating words and devices ouch as the name and't1'ede-mark of the bottler or packer, it has been necessary to carefully merk containers holding such flanged clo sores so that alter the container has been sealed the contents will be properly indicated. While indication, of the contents may be provided by a otencil, stamp or other marking implement this matter of marking has certain drawbacks whichv .slow np the packing operations. In order to avoid loss ci time and the other disadvantages of the use or marking implements, s. flanged closure identical with those contained in the container is preferably secured so that lts top portion is exposed on the exterior o1 the contelnor in such a. position that the wording thereon con be readily viewed.

Referring to the drawing, the invention as herein disclosed, is applied to a. conventional form of slotted carton, indicated at l, comprising side Wells t, 1, Il and 9 which bear respectively naps IIl, II, I2 and I3, defined from the walls by the score lines indicated. When the naps are folded into overlapping position and secured in place (Cl. 20d-44) they constitute an additional wall of. the con-- thinex'.

Flap Hl is preferably formed with an opening I4 so positioned as to be overlapped with one of the underlying naps, such es iiap i3. The opere ing I4 ls made of such size as to snugly retain a, flanged closure element l5, herein illustrated as o, conventional bottle cap. with a top portion I6, bearing printed matter thereon, and a. hanged portion Il, one purpose of whichis to facilitate removal of the closure from the bottle or other container to which lt is applied.

In practice the container l will preferably be iilled with closure elements whereupon, just prior to sealing the container, an identical closure element is fitted into the opening in ilap I0. After the naps u and n have been folded 1n over the contents, flaps I and I2 will then be brought down thereover and will be sealed in this position. By so doing, the flange I1 of the closure element is engaged between the lower surface of flap II) and the upper surface of the overlapped flap I3. This will retain the closure elementsecurelv in position with its printed surfacefexposed to the exterior of the box, thus indicating the contents thereof.

While the present description sets forth a preferred embodiment oi the invention, certain changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and 'it is therefore desired that the present em bodiment be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the loregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A container having side walls Aand overlap ping juxtaposed closure naps, the outer of said overlapping flaps having formed therein an opening adapted to receive a 'reduced portion of a flanged element, the size of the opening being large enough to pass the reduced portion but too small to pass the flange of the element, and the inner flap extending beneath said opening, where by the overlappins flaps are adapted to retain between them the ilnnge ot such element.

2. A paperboard container having side walls and overlapping juxtaposed cover flaps, the outer of said overlapping cover naps being formed with an opening adapted to receive a reduced portion of a hanged element, the size of said opening being large enough to pass the reduced portion but too small to pass the nance of said element, and the inner flap extendingbeneath nid opening, whereby upon inserting the reduced portion of said element therein and securing the naps together with the flange disposed between said naps. the tiene will retain the element per- 5 manently in n. position visible from the exterior ot the container.

8. Indiceting means for containers comprising in combination n peperboerd contniner having side wells with overllpvlnl Juxtaposed cover 10 mpc thereon constituting additional weil sectis.eiimgedelement,theouteroinidihps 

